The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-13
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GENERAL COUNCIL OF TIE .. s.
Report OF Tho Swedish Emigrant Mission.
Tho Standing Committee on Sunday
School lWoik-Progrcss OF tho Church
tho Past Year - Closing Hours.

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Ices at this morning 8 gession Of the Luth
eran General Council wore conducted BY
the Rev. Mr.. Mechling. Of Lancaster, o. :
After the calling Of tho roll and reading
OF the minutes Of Saturdays session the
Council reverted 10 the report Of the
Church Book Committee and decided tbai
the present form OF evening service shall
be retained for time, though tho edition
abont 10 be. issusd shall also contain the
new vesper service. ijlt'S ]35
The report OF the Swedish Emiprant
Miaaion was presented by a. B. Lila, the
missionary. During the past year the
swediah immigration has been q large In.
crease over former years. Thia year
there wero received, instructed and cared
for &C. .3i8psrsons. From January to Juno
Of the preoent year 1t has received thirty
thousand immigrants. Nearly all OF these
were strong, healthy working people,
This year q majority seemed to be excep-
tionally efficient working people. These
remain but q day or two in the city and
push on to the West and Northwest.
where they soon become well.to.do and
respectable citiz,nH. 1t Is the sentiment
Of many prominent citizens OF New York
and elsewhere that II all our immigrants
were Of this class Of people no more com.
plaints would be heard Of foreign immi.
grafton. The report was received. -.
The report Of tho Ward Island mission
was then read. This Is q hospital. eetab.
!iahed on Wards Island, N. Y, for receiv-
ing and caring for the aick and diseased
immigrants. Since its establishment in,
1874 it has received about 5000 patients Of
all ages, classes and Conditions and all re-
ligionH, Protestant, Catholic, Mohamms.
dan and Pagan. A crest many Of these
have found final resting place on the
the Island, but majority. have been re-
stored 10 health. Many, after being dis.
charged, have since attained positiona OF
prosperity. The American Diblo Society
naa furnished supply Of Bibles in the
various Languages required and the Tract
Society have supplied an abundance OF re-
liglous reading for which thscommittee re-.
turns thanks. Complaint is made that q
Jesuit father persists in proaelyting among
the sick and dying. a request ia also
made for money with which to nav the
expenses OF Chaplain for this mission.
The city OF New York formerly appointed
both Protestant and Catholic Chaplain
Tor this place, but now no longer supports
them therefore the miesion must supply
their own minister. The suggestion Is
mado that come ladies' aid societies might
take 1t in hand. These people being oi
all denominations, all DENOMINATIONS
should be intereeted In supporting the
mission. ]. Peterson, Of Ward'u Island,
New York, is the corresponding secre.
tary. IS az, 7s,'lie. Io=i;stg5a55{
Tho Standing Committee on Sunday
School Work here reported, but with less
encouraging results than tho reports Of
other work. The committee etute that
owing to difficulties presented in many
ways they have not been able as vat to &C.
complish much in their line, but ask for
further instruction and express a deter.
mination to push the work In future, s]5:,
The Committee on Statistics then re-
ported on tho educational work OF the
Council. { The report shows three theo-
logical aeminarles owning ak buildings.
all OF brick, costing $l75. 900. Only one
has an endowment. Ths number of repu.
lar professors Ia eight; other instructors,
two; students one hundred and twenty.
one; number Of books in libraries 10000:
number Of colleges, eight, having nineteen
bui!dings, costlng s29S, 500; it's endow-
ments amount to $1SO. 800 number OF pro-
fessore, slxty.three; other teachers, eight,
and Of tatudents, 1,l2S; volumes in libraries,
80, ,120. r ;..5}SS :, -
At the opening Of the afternoon session
OF the Lutheran Council the report OF the
Committee on swediah Home Missions
was considered. 1t showed that much
work had been done, but need Of greater
effort is felt now more than ever. Salts
factory work has also been done in Ore.
gon, Idaho, Maine, Pennsylvania. Eastern
Ohio aud especially in Utah. Especial
emphaais was given to the statement thst
the Church ought to put forth greater ei.
forts in Utah, as large numbers Of the Eu-
ropeans who have been converted to
Mormonism wore once Lutheraus or at
least from Luthersn countries. q